No green to be seen 2: “Dead From the Neck Down” in Wales
In September 2016 I posted “No green to be seen: a biodiversity desert on Slievenamon” about the void that was a conifer plantation on Slievenamon. David Elias, at his blog Dispatches from…
Tag: tipperary
Multum In Parvo – Newport’s Newsagents, Fethard, Tipperary
A particularly charming sign – like many Latin tags, multum in parvo doesn’t go that easily into English – “much in a little” or “much in a small place” is…
Crusader tomb, St Patrick’s Church, Marlfield, Clonmel
The medieval grave-slab to the church interior and that in the graveyard wall, the latter thought locally to be from a crusader’s grave, adds archaeological and historical interest to the…
February, Cheesemount, Tipperary
Winter seems a long time ago in summer, summer seems a long time away in winter.
Literary graffiti in Clonmel
The other day I spied this scrawled on a wall in Clonmel: Impressively erudite, and with correct use of apostrophes. Although I did find the need to specify that these…
Cosmic Walk, Cabragh Wetlands Centre, Tipperary
Near Thurles, on the road to Holycross, one finds Cabragh Wetlands Centre, which is the site of the transformation of the marshes around an old Irish Sugar factory into a…
Séamus Sweeney 